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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Citizenship Act, 1955 Section 7C

Renunciation of Overseas Citizenship

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Citizenship Act, 1955 Section 7C is part of Citizenship Act, 1955 - Renunciation of Overseas Citizenship. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

1[Section 7C - Renunciation of overseas citizenship

(1) If any overseas citizen of India of full age and capacity makes in the prescribed manner a declaration renouncing his overseas citizenship of India, the declaration shall be registered by the Central Government, and upon such registration, that person shall cease to be an overseas citizen of India.

(2) Where a person ceases to be an overseas citizen of India under sub-section (1), every minor child of that person registered as an overseas citizen of India, shall thereupon cease to be an overseas citizen of India.]

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1.Inserted by Citizenship Amdt Act, 2003 (6 of 2004).

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Section Section 7C of the Citizenship Act, 1955 (Renunciation of Overseas Citizenship) is reproduced on this page as part of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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